 SPOOKY ICE MOLDS
A spooky ice
mold can add a creepy
ambience to your Halloween punch bowl! You can use a multitude of things as molds
to make your sculpture!
You can use a decorative cake
pan such as a tombstone, skull or bat if you are using a large punch
bowl. Fill mold half full with punch or colored water and float it in
your punch bowl. Doing this will keep your punch chilled and not water
it down as the ice melts. If you do use water, be sure and add some food
coloring to give it a creepy color.
You can find brain, hand and
heart gelatin molds around this time of year that will make great molds for ice to add to your
punch bowl as well! They are usually made from a hard plastic so it's
easy to set in the freezer. Fill as instructed above. Remember to fill
only half way as water expands when it freezes and you don't want it
overflowing the mold or pan!
You can
also make frozen hands using plastic food handlers gloves. Fill with
liquid and tie off the open end. Lay on a flat surface such as a plate
to freeze. Just remove the plastic glove and drop it in your punch bowl!
You can use a contrasting punch or colored water for the hand, like a
green hand in red punch. Be sure and use clear plastic food handlers
gloves only, most latex gloves are powdered inside and will be toxic to
guests, also you never know who might have an allergy to latex which
will transfer to the ice.
Be sure and keep
the mold frozen
until use!! To remove from a pan or gelatin mold, run pan side of mold
(not the ice side) under cool water to release the ice mold.
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